Phonograph-lighting attachment



e. E. BERNECKER! PHONOGRAPH LIGHTING ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED APR- 30' 1919- 1,352,779, I PatentedSept. 14,1920.

side wall of the panel is aiswitch 19 re tainedin the groove by; means of'a fastening 20. passing throughelongated slot" 21 of the i v ger 24c forming'a fixed OEPQ Danent Contact.

switch ,arm'and threadably engaging the panel; The switch arm has one endbent lat the finger 24' is depressed and the switch finwith contact 25 when the switch isfmoved'to theleft its full of movement, with ref *erence to .Fig; .;3,byathe finger engaging.

portion 22.

' Feed w1res27' have one end secured; to the 'lcontact and contact and their other f ends secured to'a battery located in any convenientpositienlrelative to supporting iramehlli" l 'Q'Referring more particularly to Fig. 3, it will'be readily seenthat when the switch" "arm-Q engages ,contact 25, the current from 7 battery. is supplied to the lamp 1.1?

through said contact" andythe switch arm,

3 then throughthe sidewall bfend ,18 of the lamp;,"the' other, terminal '15 and thence back.

to the battery, completing the circuit. The

1 -,wires 27 aresecur'edto thefcontacts l5 and 25 by means of lock nuts-29 of conventional construction 7 In order toadapt myattachment for use with the various styles and makes of sound reproducing machines, the: wires 27Iare led intofrec ess 10; throughan aperture 30in one v 7 side wall thereof, ,andextending from said aperture isa slot 31 permitting the .wires 27 to be removed from aperture 30 ithout disengaging .them from their terminals wherebythesa ne may extend downwardly V and a gaet rmin l d sp ed ins e' gcess, electric feed wiresconnected with the insulatedfterminal,of the electric lamp and With said,,contactterminaL Tone-side wall @offthejpanel 'being apertfured to permit the- T from; the recess 110, should it bedesiredto secure thepane-l to the base 16 ofthe frame 45;

'{basetobatteryQS which may be disposed "thereb'eneath;

1, and have the wires project through said When my attachment is used with the type of-sound reproducing machines illus trated in Fig-,1, alight defiectingvcap, :32 is V use d,1.hz wing its outer end centrally apel".-

. tured as at 83. to throw the light upon the needle, said cap having its inner end en-- gaging boss 12 and provided with a frictionlug 34 for retaining the same in position onvthe lug'against accidental dislodg imentqj .When it is desired to v position the panelon the base 6 or inany other desired positionjthe cap 82 has its aperture 33in the sidewall thereof, or any-otherposition depicted in Figs-(Sand 7, Wherebyethe same will record! 1 most effectively, illuminate the he form of light deflecting capdepicted in'Fig; 8, whichtis-provided with anelont a guide 'channel in one straight ea lamp having: one termina V k I .7

the panel and its other" terminaLinsulated I 13 27 I T es'peqially use i in connection with player'pi'anos, ivh'en the music roll as thesame is 'being ip'layed.

panel 7 is positioned in 1the"rollrcompartment so as tothrow-theilightl over the r I '70" From the' foregoing description-"taken in connection with" the accompanying drawing 7 a it will be readily" apparent that I; provide afneat and compact lighting attachment for sound reproducing machines which maybe j; }lighte menta i1yy imp y d p ess g 2 finger 24, or 1 which .mayf-ibe permanently lighted by .movingtheflswitch armtto bring finger 2e incontact,with contact 251; 'glt ;will i I is tapered inwardly 'toward its central aperture to provide arefiector 12 Y for lam'n 1:7,: j

also beapparent that the outer face of boss '12 What,I claim as. my inventionifis5 producing "machines comprising fixed,

panel of a: conductive material and..llaving ground-ed to 1 from the anel and connectedwithfoneof two electrical feed wires a-contact in the bottom iuie guide channel it and insulated t from the panel, theotherof said feed wires 7 being eonn'ecte.d #With Lsaid contact, 'and a v switch: member mounted in said (guide; chan- Anelan'd grounded, directly t 'thepaneland movable to .e'nglageisaid conta.ct.'i a, 2. A lighting vattach em; .for'

ml in one straight. side thereoht'tthe' irear sound producing machines compr sing a, panel of J "a conduct ve materlal hav ng gu de chanlamp mounted in theipanel andlhaving two terminals one g-rolindedto the p nel and theother insulated therefrom and disposed in thereeess, acon'taet Iin thebottomof the guide channel and insulated from the panel paneljand being movable, to engagement j with said contact to completel -the electrical circuit. v: o I r 3. A lighting 'attaclnnent forsound 'reproi-t ducingliiachines. comprising a lamp supporting panel ot} substantially rectangular shape having a- Tcentral groove extending along one side thereof, an electric lamp mounted said y anei and. ha'vingv two ':terininal's; one grounded to, the panel andfthe other sulatedj therefrom. a,fcontact in thebottom of said grooveand insulated fromthe panel T electric feed wiresfconneeted with the i'nsulated. terminal ot said electric lamp and with 's'zii d contact, a' switch t' llid'zthly i t t ct te ce lnpl etethe Q Q I 'mcunted in said panelTgroove. andlhaving' "adapt-ed, upon sliding m'0 vf'ement-infthe;

' ing a momentary connection with said conan operating finger on one end thereofand groove, to engage its contact-finger 'With them a switch con'tactfinger formed on the other contact and provided "permanent connedj end thereof, said switch having a; recess tion therewith. I therein adjacent its contact finger for mak- In testimony whereoiiillnffixm si nature,- l

. GEORGE .QBERN c ER: j e 

